3700 BCE – 2000 CE: This map visualizes the history of urban settlements over 6,000 years.
A supermoon will appear in the night’s sky (December 13 into December 14, 2016). In case you cannot see it, here’s one that was captured on video last year in Australia.
Carved lead codices found in Jordan in 2008 and said to contain references to Jesus, have now been authenticated.
George Orwell’s acute and chilling vision of the future – excerpt from the 2003 BBC 4 Television docudrama.
In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, British science journalist Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites. Shown on TED.
A video clip showing Donald Trump’s apology has gone viral in the USA. Prem Geet asked herself, What if Donald T-rump became Enlightened? Maybe this is how his recent video would have gone:
From the BBC series ‘India on a Plate’ – Bihar’s famous litti are char-grilled flavour bombs, writes Justin Rowlatt. Published on BBC on July 22, 2016.
From the BBC series ‘India on a Plate’ – Laddoo from Tirupati and its secrets – by Shilpa Kannan and Premanand Boominathan, published on BBC on July 20, 2016
From the BBC series ‘India on a Plate’, on the origins of and popular demand of masala chai. Justin Rowlatt on BBC, July 15, 2016.
Glimpses of Oshofest 2016 with Milarepa and OneSky band, Anubuddha and Anasha, Bodhicitta, Maneesha, Amala and friends.
In a clamouring world of ever growing noise, a meditative film makes the case for less noise pollution. Sandrine Ceurstemont writes in New Scientist on June 15, 2016.
Psychologists explain why our minds tend to shut down when confronted with the alternate view of what happened on 9/11, writes Alex Pietrowski. Published in Waking Times on June 30, 2016.
Prem Paras shares ‘Shambu Shankara’ recorded and filmed on top of the Swiss Alps (with some shots of Kailash).
Only a psychopath could read someone else’s lies from their teleprompter with such feigned emotion. Video by The Corbett Report, published July 21, 2016.
From the BBC series ‘India on a Plate’, about the Irani cafés of old world charm in Mumbai that used to be hugely popular. Published June 29, 2016
Captivating video by Jeremy Bennett, one of Canada’s most prolific experts and speakers on stress and anxiety.
On July 9, 2016, thousands of people stripped and painted themselves blue for a Spencer Tunick art installation in Hull, England.
BBC Two documentary about a young British family’s move to Germany to find out how it is the Germans can work fewer hours than the Greeks and still live in Europe’s economic powerhouse.
Even after 800 years, great mystic and poet, Rumi, makes big news, writes Kul Bhushan who will conduct a Rumi event in New Delhi on July 17th and 18th 2016.
Second article in the BBC series ‘India on a Plate’, on the diversity and vibrancy of Indian food. Everyone eats, writes Soity Banerjee on BBC, June 22, 2016.
The joy of singing and dancing in abundance that stays with us forever! Video of Music Group in Pune, 1979.
As a representative of American Jews, Rabbi Michael Lerner held a significant and courageous speech at Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
Sixteen-year-old Omar is one of many unaccompanied minors living in the Calais “Jungle” camp. Published by BBC on May 24, 2016.
A satirical security blanket that phone addicts are really taking seriously. Jessica Leber reports on fastcoexist.com.
Mayuri is interviewed by Alex Howard on consciousness2 about her journey from worldly accomplishments in accounting to her spiritual journey, and developing her teachings in money and consciousness.
Video with excerpts of John F. Kennedy’s address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 27, 1961.
A British film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last autumn.
An unidentified daredevil is shown skiing from the peak of the Matterhorn (aka Monte Cervino) in the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy.
What if we could improve the health and happiness of millions of people around the world? Dr. Neal Kassell and author John Grisham talk about Focused Ultrasound on TEDx Charlottesville, USA.
Veena’s book became an inspiration for Michael from France to visit China and the areas she described. This video is mostly in English language and was shown on Chinese TV in February 2016.
The folks at ScienceAlert represent this rare event in a more humorous light than citing pure scientific facts that we usually get. Read on about what you ought to know!
It appears the crow shown in this video is a daily visitor to an ice cream vendor in Pondicherry, India. The bird insists on a daily dose and makes sure the vendor gets into action.
A very touching and profound story of a young traveler meeting Elzeard Bouffier, who took it on himself to plant tree seeds in a desolate area in France.
In this short, simple, animated video clip by John Perkins it becomes abundantly clear how ‘the global empire’ has been and continues to be created.
Zen Gardener speaks on apathy, societal controls and behaviour conformity among a vast majority of the American population. He encourages those who can, to help people wake up.
British comedian and writer James Veitch narrates at TED a hilarious, weeks-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.